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Atomic theory

Thanks for your offer of help. I'm not having any problems right now with critics. My only concern is that there seems to be so little supportive feedback now that I've fixed the references. Is this article doomed to fail its nomination a second time? Kurzon 15:38, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Arithmetica Universalis

Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article Arithmetica Universalis, which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--A Y Arktos\^talk 10:53, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Regarding Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of religions once classed as cults...

Would you consider changing your vote to keep the information if it were merged with List of groups referred to as cults or expanded into a broader topic: "The Transition from Cult to Religion." That might make a very interesting wikipedia article. cairoi 15:30, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Barnstar

Thanks for the barnstar! That's about the most thanks I've gotten for trying to keep that RFA in line.. thank you! Linuxbeak (drop me a line) 03:46, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Policy disputed tag?

I just reverted a "policy disputed" template on WP:FUC, that was placed there a second time after you reverted it. Does that template even exist? Seems like a strange template to have if you ask me. Borisblue 06:39, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

It's a generic "message" template that someone's using to "dispute" policy. --Carnildo 06:44, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Reminder...

When using template tags on talk pages, don't forget to substitute with text by adding subst: to the template tag. For example, use {{subst:test}} instead of {{test}}. This reduces server load and prevents accidental blanking of the template.

— Ian Manka Talk to me‼ 03:06, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia awards committee

Check out my comments here, Wikipedia awards committee. Thanks! --evrik 17:36, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Re:Hi!

Why hello there!– Matthew A. Lockhart ^(talk) 02:17, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

RfA

Hey Boris. I would like to nominate you for adminship. Before the wheels can go into motion, you should activate your e-mail preference post-haste. Once you've taken care of that, send me a note and I'll get things started. If you're not ready for adminship just yet, I understand. However, by all means activate your e-mail. Regards --Jay(Reply) 00:09, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

No problem --Jay(Reply) 14:38, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

re: Davey O'Brien Award

Although the official web site uses the long name, most of the media uses the short name, and therefore the shorter name is more common. Therefore, I think it should be move back as per Wikipedia:Naming conventions where the most common name is given more priority than the official name. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 01:10, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Photogs Barnstar

Thanks, Borisblue. At first I couldn't figure out what a Barnstar was. (I'm new to all this.) I will have to reflect upon what's expected of photographers around here before I submit any photos to the FP page again. I'm not soured on WIkipedia, but I don't suppose I'll be putting any FP nominations up for a while. =)

Thanks again!

--Mactographer 05:03, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Euler

Please do not split it. This section is not too long to be forked or to become a separate artcle. However if you still want to fork it try to reach consensus on talk page. --Haham hanuka 21:26, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

RfA!

What to do if you are nominated by someone else:

1. Go to your RfA subpage, and either accept or decline your nomination. If you decline, be sure to inform your nominator.
2. After you accept your nomination, make sure to answer the standard questions for all candidates.
3. Change the time on your RfA page to indicate the current time.
4. Edit this page and add the following text above the most recent nomination (replacing USERNAME with your name):

   {{Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/USERNAME}} ----

History of Science WikiProject

Please consider joining Wikipedia:WikiProject History of Science. Keep up the good work!--ragesoss 01:15, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Blog links

Hi, I just wanted to say that if you think I was too harsh in removing any of 216.103.214.64's links, I would be OK with restoring some. My main concern was they appeared to be added by the owner of the site or someone trying to promote it. I wouldn't object if a neutral editor thinks any of the links are useful enough to make an exception to the rule about avoiding links to blogs. Wmahan. 07:10, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Mathematics 1.0

Thanks for your edits on Wikipedia:WikiProject Mathematics/Wikipedia 1.0. Currently I seem to be the only person working on rating maths articles, and it would be great to get a bit of help. There is quite a lot to do, most of the mathematicians don't have corresponding Template:maths rating tags, and there are still a lot of articles we have not begun to look at. --Salix alba (talk) 16:11, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Your RfA

I am pleased to let you know that, consensus reached, you are now an Administrator. You should find the following forums useful:

• Administrators' reading list
• Administrators' how-to guide
• Administrators' Noticeboard

• Administrators' Noticeboard for Incidents
• Administrators' Noticeboard for Three-revert rule violations

Congratulations on your promotion and the best of luck with your new charge! Redux 14:00, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations. Here are what pass for words of wisdom from the puppy:

Remember you will always protect the wrong version. Remember you must always follow the rules, except for when you ignore them. You will always pick the wrong one to do. (See #5) Remember to assume good faith and not bite. Remember that when you are applying these principles most diligently, you are probably dealing with a troll. Use the block ability sparingly. Enjoy the insults you receive when you do block. Remember when you make these errors, someone will be more than happy to point them out to you in dazzling clarity and descriptive terminology. and finally, Remember to contact me if you ever need assistance, and I will do what I am able. KillerChihuahua?!?

DISCLAIMER: This humor does not reflect the official humor of Wikipedia, the Wikimedia Foundation, or Jimbo Wales. All rights released under GFDL.

Helping out with the backlog

Hi there and congratulations on your brand new sysop flag. Now that you are an admin, you might want to help the community in a way you weren't able to before. The obvious example is clearing out the Category:Administrative backlog :-) You might want to start with Wikipedia:Requested moves which I find the easiest to deal with. If you have any questions, just drop me a note! Enjoy! :-) --Dijxtra 09:05, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Adminship

Thanks for the offer but I'm not interested, at least not now., maybe in a few months if I stick around as an editor. It's been great working on the Euler article with you. When I first read FA nominations pages I couldn't believe how picky people seemed to be but I realized that this was one of the only real occasions to make sure an article was (almost) as good as it could be. So now I try to do the same and make sure I don't give my okay unless I have really no idea on how to make an article better. I hope I never sounded overly critical, I really think you did a great job building it up and I also think we did a lot of good work since the FA nomination. Cheers. Pascal.Tesson 06:23, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_review#Nandini_Rajendran

With reference to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_review#Nandini_Rajendran I gind that your ONLY contention seems to be verifiability. Since I have given citations from leading news papers, I expect you to revise the vote as the article is verifiable at present  Doctor Bruno Talk 02:47, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

Fair trade criticism

I followed your suggestion and added a "criticism" section to the Fair trade article. I hope this helps! I am hoping someday to make this a featured article - so any other comments or suggestions would be appreciated! Thanks again for your suggestion! Vincentl 22:25, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

LaRouche theories

In some contexts, the LaRouche networks actually do intersect with current events, and the October Surprise conspiracy theories are a good example. There are several others. I do think it is appropriate to mention their claims when they have risen to a certain level of public awareness or outcome. The clainm that Dukakis was mentally ill is another example, because it created headlines until it was traced back to the LaRouchites. Same with parts oft he Iran/Contra story. Hope this helps.--Cberlet 12:55, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

Euler refs

meh... I'm tempted to disregard the comment since that system of referencing is pretty standard around here. For instance, I randomly picked FA bio articles Norman Borlaug, Mahatma Gandhi, Che Guevara. They all work like that. Now we can debate all we want about whether or not that system makes sense but I'd rather stick to an imperfect system in wide use than do something different based on one editor's reluctance. Maybe we can rename the second to last section as "Further reading and references" but to be honest I'm getting a bit annoyed that this FA process isn't over. I mean what else can we do? I suggest it might be good for you to either contact the current FA admin or at least say something on the debate page to re-explain how you have adressed every friggin little comment that everyone has made. I'm confident that the article's quality is above the current FA average, it's a core subject, you've gone and convinced Calinger to review the article. Gaaaah, can't we all move on?

...... and now I'll go and chill! Pascal.Tesson 21:49, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

Hi

Hi! I want to remove the image that i added. well agreed that the image was copyright but the picture was taken in an sports event.

thanks Sushant gupta 17:19, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

Image:Aparna popat.jpg

Sushant gupta 17:22, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

Euler now an FA

Congrats for a job well done. Let me know if you ever choose to raise another mathematical page to FA status. It's been fun working with you. Cheers. 19:50, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Buffy nomination restarted

Since you have were involved with discussion before at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Buffy the Vampire Slayer, you might appreciate knowing that the nomination for the Buffy articles has been restared at the same wiki page. I am letting everyone know who might not be aware (whether they were for or against the article becoming featured). Cheers -- Buffyverse 22:33, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Welcome to wikiproject mathematics

Nice to see you join WP maths, and thanks for the work on Euler. If your looking for other articles to take to FA status then Category:A-Class mathematics articles has those articles which are closest. In addition I think Addition is a potential candidate and I'd be intrested in your oppinion on the article. --Salix alba (talk) 14:01, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

{{StarWarsProject}}

Sorry, I knew it wasn't you who changed the image. I knew that it was Ghatteaux and not you, I should have made the clearer in my comment. Cbrown1023 19:32, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Punk vote

I attempted to address your concerns with the tattoo section in the article. 07:30, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Alicya Eyo

Hey Borisblue, On the article about Alicya Eyo you recently put a copyright violation on it. I am the owner of the website (http://www.alicya-eyo.au.tt - now located at http://www. aeofficial. uk. tt) and I give my FULL permission for it to use the C.V. and Biography on there. I was the one who put it there!

If you'd like to contact me, feel free: tadgh@aeofficial.uk.tt

Help!!

Borisblue, could you help me?? Someone vandalised my page by adding something unsuitable. His IP address is 60.48.213.121 . Could you please help me block his page if he vandalises my page even more. Thank you, and I would appreciate it if you help me. Acs4b 12:01, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Semiprotection Mafia article

Thanks for your mail. I understand your concerns, in particular the one to keep WP as open as possible. On the other hand I hope you understand my concern that it is difficult to see an article vandalised very often (at least in my opinion). It is very annoying to keep removing vandalism all the time in stead off spending my time on more useful contributions. Why should I bother if I don't have any support. See the latest one: [1]. Is that the kind of impression you want to make on people who want to get reliable information? The question is very simple: whose side are you one, the people who want to make serious contributions or the ones who are there to mess up? Mafia Expert 00:12, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

I would like to thank you for two things; for reverting vandalism and for semi-protecting my page. The semi-protection worked, and I really appreciated your work to protect my page. Should I add the template {{usertalk-sprotect}} to my page? Acs4b 03:31, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Muchas gracias

Hey Boris, thanks a lot for supporting me in my recent RfA. It succeeded, and I am very grateful to all of you. If you ever need help with anything, please don't hesitate to ask. Also, feel free point out any mistakes I make! Thanks again, —Khoikhoi 04:07, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Page protection

Thanks for protecting Khwarizmi. Could you also protect Ahwaz and Arabs of Khuzestan? It looks like the last admin mistakenly semi-protected these pages. The problem is not vandalism. It's edit-warring. الأهواز | Hamid | Ahwaz 05:52, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi

Hi Boris,

I don't agree with protecting al-Khwarizmi. Every month someone (or a sockpuppet) comes along and starts disputing his etnicity, disregarding the three references to articles by respected historians of mathematics, based on pure speculation and not on reliable sources. Protection will not provide a longterm solution to this problem and is only very frustration for people who are interested in expanding the interesting and important aspects of this biography. Regards, —Ruud 11:13, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you Borisblue for semi-protecting the Sexual harassment article to help keep it from being sexually harassed. ;) Koala06 18:40, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Re: Ahvaz, al-Khwarizmi

Hey Boris, as Ruud pointed out, the dispute about al-Khwarizmi's ethnicity has been going on for quite awhile. The Ahvaz edit war is new however. I think it would be a good idea to contact all involved parties for the latter. I've also noticed some sockpuppetry lately, and will soon go to WP:RFCU. However, I guess I should assume good faith in the meantime so we can get this settled. Khoikhoi 21:35, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Isaac Newton

Hello. I've been accused of vandalism in Isaac Newton's article. I wonder why, since all I did was to notice recent vandalism on that page and edit the article exactly as it was before. Thank you.

OK I've just realized what happened. I didn't mean to edit the article like that, it was pure distraction, Borisblue. Thank you for the warning.

Euler page....

I'd never realized how much traffic the featured article of the day generated. This is insane. Sorry I haven't been helping much but real life makes it hard for me to help you with this today. On the other hand you should check out (if you haven't done so yet) the external link added by an anon (How Euler did it). Nice fun stuff. Pascal.Tesson 22:39, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

on another note. I just noticed your talk page is an A-class mathematics article! Please see WP:VAIN. :-) Pascal.Tesson 22:40, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Fair use discussion

I have to say, I appreciate the level-headededness and maturity you have exhibited in the discourse on the fair use page. Discussion regarding fair use has been extremely heated in the past few days, and it is refreshing to have a conversation about this matter without the intense vitriol that has characterized past debates. And you came up with the goal that you sought- a workable(imho) compromise! I really don't know if the compromise we came up with will garner support, but it's worth a shot. Once again, thank you. Borisblue 10:25, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Not a problem, I'd like to say the same. I've hit brick walls in the last day or so making my arguments on both user talk pages and on fair use pages, and I can definitely see blood in the water regarding a policy that may perhaps be unpopular with groups of users. But I think working together is going to get the discussion a lot further than simply brute-enforcement. - Stick Fig 10:37, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Substance D

You counted correctly, it does indeed have 10 letters. Thus the last digit is '0', allowing me to reprogram one of the words (I chose to replace Childhood with Liquid, and also allowing me to reset the aether number (I chose '9'). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.75.96.88 (talk • contribs) 03:13, 3 December 2006 (UTC). I see you reprogrammed too. Clearly one of us has misunderstood the rules. If it was me, I apologize.

Gotcha. Will do so from now on too. I admit it was never clear to me how to reprogram the aether number, so I usually counted the letters of a random article's lemma. 84.75.96.88 15:07, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

wheel warring

please stop reversing admin actions on the main page FA and discuss at WP:AN/I. --W.marsh 01:51, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Global Highway Deletion

I nominated Global Highway for deletion. The request for deleton has been approved but the article had many related subarticles which were not deleted. Could you give me access to the deleted article so I can find out the names of those articles. Leave me a message on my User talk page. --Natl1 01:53, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

ELAC welcome

Hi Borisblue, thanks for joining the Extra-Long Article Committee. Here’s a useful site map for you:

{{ELAC site map}}

Your input would be appreciated on the “projects” and “conduct” page as well as the ELAC talk page. The talk page is a little tensioned up presently, however, because we tagged four articles as long. Hopefully this will clear up soon. Thanks, talk soon: --Sadi Carnot 12:59, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Blood compact

Hi! Following your train of thought re your comment in Talk:Sandugo, I have started an article on Blood compact. It is still very raw right now, but may I interest you in adding some info on this "staple feature in Chinese Kung Movies"? You see, I am not very familiary with it. Thank you. --Pinay06(Talk•Email) 22:55, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

my computers vandalism

hi, i posted this to this ip address's user page in response to your warning on that page, just so you know:

"This is a computer in a columbia university computer lab. Lots of people use this, and the dude who vandalized the nasa page may not even return to this computer again. Apologies for his recklessness, but just so you know theres lots of responsible and valuable wiki editors in this dorm who might drop by this computer, please don't associate them with the vandalism. 160.39.208.33 15:14, 14 January 2007 (UTC)"

Hi!!

I'm currently looking for a few online wikipedians who can help me on an html code. please contact me on my talk page soon if u have time or if u can help me. Thanks --Glacious 15:48, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Gould Image

You should probably take note that the user who originally uploaded the Robbie Gould image stole it from the NFL. I highly doubt a fan could actually take a shot that close, with such quality, and then not taken any other shots. --  ShadowJester07  ►Talk  01:50, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Response.

I responded on my talk page with: :Which user was this? I thought I gave a tag. Acalamari 16:31, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Argh. Sorry about that. Acalamari 16:37, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Hey Boris. You do realise that before the RFCN, we ask people to ask the user ({{UsernameConcern}} is good for this) if they would change their name first, and then if no response, submit it to RFCN and inform the user? I ask only because it kinda looks like you weren't aware from your message on User_talk:Acalamari. If I'm wrong, I do apologise. Best, Neil (not Proto ►) 17:49, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for helping on XYY syndrome

I had run out of reverts, and I was glad to see yours. Bravo. Mermaid from the Baltic Sea 04:36, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

For this. They were becoming a real PITA. --Joopercoopers 23:34, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Blanking warnings

Please note that it is not a policy vio to blank warnings from one's own talk page. True, we discourage it, but no, it's not a policy vio. Indeed, the matter has been very heavily debated. Personally, I favor blocking, but I'll stick to policy. Rklawton 04:09, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Make Love, Not Warcraft

Hello. I'd appreciate if you'd stop removing one of the pictures from Make Love, Not Warcraft. They certainly aren't the same pictures, nor are crops of each other. Moreover, each is being used for entirely different purpose; one is meant to illustrate an important point of the plot where the main characters of the series are shown in the form of machinima, while the second illustrates an element patently different from normal gameplay elements (e.g. dead character with missing head). Thanks. Michaelas10^{Respect my authoritah} 16:31, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Manos FAC

I tried rewriting the fair use rationales for the pictures you wanted removed. If the problem is with the images themselves, do you have any suggestions for alternatives that would be considered fitting for the article or do you think the poster and the clapboard shot are enough? --Lenin and McCarthy | (Complain here) 15:02, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Replied to the other comment. --Lenin and McCarthy | (Complain here) 15:19, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

::Picture off now. --Lenin and McCarthy  |  (Complain here) 16:32, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Mathematical Physics

Hey Boris, I am writing you to let you know that the Mathematics Collaboration of the week(soon to "of the month") is getting an overhaul of sorts and I would encourage you to participate in whatever way you can, i.e. nominate an article, contribute to an article, or sign up to be part of the project. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks--Cronholm144 17:48, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

P.S. It is nice to see a fellow Texan in the ranks of WP:M

Image:Wesnothmusic.ogg

Hello. Your nomination for featured sound status, , gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another sound, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates. Thank you for nominating it! --KFP (talk | contribs) 11:18, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Konfrontasi

Regarding the infobox on Konfrontasi, I agree with you completely. It should go, although a better lead would help our case. PLease reply on article talk page. regards Merbabu 15:03, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Blocking

Hi Boris, you're really going to have to excuse my inability to write correctly here. I have only gotten an account to ask about a message I received recently. Without an account or ever having made any changes to Wikipedia pages I got a message telling me I've been blocked for vandalism. This is under the IP address 58.106.134.138 which isn't mine. Exactly why am I getting this message? Thanks Distro78 15:05, 2 July 2007 (UTC)distro78

Distro, this is a bit of a hard one. It appears that this IP is attached to you, otherwise you won't have received this message. Nevertheless, the block from 58.106.134.138 has expired, so you can edit from there normally. If the vandalism wasn't your doing, just ignore the messages. It might be a good idea to continue editing from this account, to prevent things like this from happening again.Borisblue 02:58, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

AN

You didn't mention at WP:AN where the backlog is. Flyguy649 ^talk _contribs 06:52, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Links to category pages

If you want to link to a category, (I've used Category:Stubs as an example) please use one of the following methods:

1. {{cl|Stubs}} - produces Category:Stubs
2. [[:Category:Stubs]] - produces Category:Stubs

FYI, Od Mishehu 07:02, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Alligator sounds

Hi! Thanks so much for adding three sounds to Alligator. A friend of mine noted recently that alligators are the most vocal of crocodillians (I'll have to ask him where he read that before it makes it way into wikipedia), which makes having sounds of them very relevant. However, I can't seem to listen to the sounds. The problem is with the downloading; I try to download the file, and the time for dowload quickly goes up and starts reading in hours. Any idea what is going on? Enuja 15:02, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

In the future, please avoid putting talk page style comments to other users on their User pages; I moved your reply to this comment to my talk page, as you had placed it on my user page. The problem is not (yet) with actually using a .oog file, but instead with downloading the file to play. Thanks for trying to help, though. Enuja 17:22, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Unprotecting bird

Hi Borisblue: Hope you'll be around to help revert the vandalism too!  :) We were doing so six or seven times a day for weeks (all nuisance vandalism put in by anonymous IPs) before Shyamal put the protection on... MeegsC | Talk 07:27, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Chocolate semiprotection

Please reconsider your removal of semiprotection from the article of Chocolate. The first vandalism has occurred a mere 15 minutes after the removal! Try also taking a look at the revision history of this article before the last semiprotection (and at the relevant section in the talk page), vandalism has become so bad that any meaningful editing was no longer possible. Eldar 23:05, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thanks in part to your support, I am Wikipedia's newest bureaucrat. I will do my best to live up to your confidence and kind words. Andre (talk) 09:20, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Re:WikiProject Malaysia

Hi, Boris. I came across your message to Marcus. It is nice and kind for you to help out, even though you're not in Malaysia. Anyway, could you help out in creating the page? I'm a greenhorn at these stuff, so I am hoping that you would be so kind as to do it. Thanks. Cheers!! --Zacharycrimsonwolf 11:51, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates/Roosevelt Pearl Harbor.ogg

The aforementioned featured sound candidacy has been closed as promote. Image:Roosevelt Pearl Harbor.ogg is now featured. MER-C 11:09, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Your contribution at Wikipedia:Fair_use_review#Musical_theatre

I think you placed your contribution at Wikipedia:Fair_use_review#Musical_theatre, dated 04:36, 22 August 2007 (UTC), in the wrong section - it clearly does not relate to Musical Theatre. Michael Bednarek 05:26, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Image tagging for Image:Felix 02 sept 2007 1810Z.jpg

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Hurricane Felix landfall image

Just a headsup. I nominated the Hurricane Felix image you uploaded for Featured Picture status. Check it out. Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Hurricane Felix hits land --ZeWrestler ^Talk 13:31, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Hurricane Felix

Where did you obtain the image of Hurricane Felix? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dvferret (talk • contribs) 14:48, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Simon Antoine Jean L'Huillier

Hi Borisblue. As I can see you are the main author of the stub. By accident I've noticed there's another short article about him. When you put it in order leave me a message on my talk page, please. Thank you in advance Interpunk1 20:39, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Ron Paul Image

Interesting, well they actually added that little disclaimer after someone sent a request to their campaign to allow Wikipedia to use the image (as stated on the talk page.) What in particular should they add to the site, to make it sufficiently clear they are allowing it to be used? ~Rangeley (talk) 04:59, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

I asked the official campaign and they are interested in getting the newer picture online as well. So I also want to know: What the [fill in the blank] should the disclaimer say? - Oliver (ronpaulforums.com)

English isn't my Mother tongue: What exactly SHOULD the disclaimer say to be legit for Wikipedia???

Can you please forward the email to permissions@wikimedia.org Geni 13:47, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

I was just about to ask the same thing as Geni. It is all well and good to claim that you have email permission, but be sure to forward your entire correspondence to the above email address, including all necessary contact information of the people you were in touch with. Thanks. --Tom (talk - email) 02:31, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Have you forwarded your email correspondence to OTRS yet? The usability of this image is still in question. Thanks. --Tom (talk - email) 21:07, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Did you send it just now, or several days ago? Sometimes it takes a while for someone to process your request (you'll know it has been processed since someone with an OTRS account will add a template to the image page). Thanks for sending it, though. --Tom (talk - email) 21:14, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Well, the ticket doesn't help since I don't have an OTRS account. :) It can take a few weeks. --Tom (talk - email) 21:26, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

FAR for Carl Friedrich Gauss

Carl Friedrich Gauss has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 01:33, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Malaysian Universities Edit

Are you some sort of Malaysian government stooge? I've added information that is basically common sense in Malaysia, including references. Why did you remove it? Are you trying to hide something, or are you being paid to crap on truth? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gangeticus (talk • contribs) 07:17, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

If you are the recipient of bumiputra privileges, you should recuse yourself from administrating Malaysian universities edits. You are endangering Wikipedia objectivity if you continue to do so.Gangeticus (talk) 08:18, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Wow! The speed you reedit the articles is really something! I don't think any other article ever gets reedited at the speed you do it. Hmmm.... Another page from Goebbels, I suppose. If indeed the part that was introduced by me speaks of rumours, then why do you remove all the other parts? Even the parts with graphic references was removed! Are you really administrator material? Or are you just another stooge working full time to restore bullsh!t info? Gangeticus (talk) 14:53, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

SURAT

Hye I Am Abhishek From Surat and m one of the member of the wikipedia.
    I have made changes in the topic "Surat". and i have inserted one pictures that was taken by me. and i have uploaded that pic    on   the Wikipedia.. But now When i looked At the Wikipedia today, i Saw that my picture was deleted by someone. So plz Help me.. who is that member who deleted that picture of mine..  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ab.abhisheks (talk • contribs) 05:13, 10 December 2007 (UTC) 

Vandalism accusation

Borisblue,

I visited Wikipedia today to find a message accusing me of vandalism to an article on Gordon Brown.

However, I have never visited this article, let alone edited it.

Clarification and more details on the vandalism would be appreciated.

Your message was timestamped as: 17:06, 29 June 2007 (UTC).

I am not sure whether that timestamp indicates the time you sent the message or the time that the article was vandalised.

If it indicates the time you sent the message, I have only just recieved it (26/12/07).

Furthermore, your message was attached to my IP as I don't have a Wikipedia account.

I don't really know how IPs work, but mine changes whenever my router is reset (like most people I guess). Therefore, there's a high probability that I did not have this IP address 6 months ago.

I don't know how IP addresses are assigned, but perhaps there is a chance that I currently have the same IP as the vandal 6 months ago.

A response from you via this webpage would be appreciated.

Regards, T Rehman

Don't worry about it. Sometimes IP addresses are assigned to computers in a large area, rather than a single area, so you get a message intended for someone else. To avert this kind of problem, just register an account and login to wikipedia with that account. If you don't want to then just ignore the message. Borisblue (talk) 10:09, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Red Star

Hi, seeing you have been involved in the previous RM discussion, I thought you might be interested in this one too. BanRay 12:36, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Featured sounds

I noticed that you have participated in Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates in the past. There are now two candidates and the project appears to be abandoned. If you could look at the candidates and vote it would be appreciated. Zginder ^{(talk) (Contrib)} 00:55, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Malay language

Hi,

we are editing article International reaction to the 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence and the only official response from Malaysia is here - [2] and we would like you to tell us if this statement is an official recognition document of Malaysian government or is it a welcoming note of Kosovo independence by Malaysian government?

Thanks --Avala (talk) 18:11, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

If it's not to time consuming, it would be of great help if you could give us a translation of the entire text. Thanxs a lot. Gugganij (talk) 18:19, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanxs a lot for the translation. Gugganij (talk) 18:00, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Malaysiakini logo(old).gif)

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Newton

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Help

Hi, I'm posting this on your (and other members of the Maths Wikiproject) talk as we need editors who are knowledgeable about Mathematics to evaluate the following discussion and check out the editors and articles affected. Please follow the link below and comment if you can help.

Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Block_review_-_uninvolved_admin_request.

Thankyou. Exxolon (talk) 18:03, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Slovakization

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Nomination of Brother Andrew for deletion

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Notification of pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity

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Notification of imminent suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity

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Suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity

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Request for comment

Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by Anna Frodesiak. Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:46, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

		The Spoken star
		Nice work on Second Malaysia Plan!  B E C K Y S A Y L E S  08:43, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

Notification of pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity

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Inactivity

Hi Borisblue, I have now removed your administrator status per Wikipedia:Inactive administrators. Thank you for all your hard work, I do hope you return. Worm^TT(talk) 13:29, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

Second Malaysia Plan

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ArbCom elections are now open!

Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:52, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

Invitation to the Wikipedia Selangor Meetup 1

The 3rd Wikipedia Malaysia Meetup had now arrived on Selangor! Pack your bags and your laptop, and meet some fellow Malaysia Wikipedians in the meetup!

• Date: Sunday, 11 December 2016
• Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm
• Venue: Sudo Brew, 7 Jalan SS 22/11, Damansara Jaya, Petaling Jaya, Selangor (3°7′54.1″N 101°37′16.4″E)
• Medium of communication:
  • English language - for the general overall meetup
  • Malay language - for a special session to discuss ms.wikipedia.org (subject to enough number of participants)

This meetup was initiated by Chongkian and the invitation was written and sent by NgYShung. For more information, see the meetup page. If there is any enquires, feel free to discuss at the talk page or at the Facebook event page. (Delivered: 07:27, 24 November 2016 (UTC))

Invitation to the Wikipedia Selangor Meetup 2

The 4th Wikipedia Malaysia Meetup will be held for the second time on Selangor, and you are invited!

• Date: Saturday, 25 February 2017
• Time: 11:00 am - 1:00 pm (Malaysia Standard Time, UTC+8:00)
• Venue: Menara Sunway (check page for venue/room update), Bandar Sunway, Petaling Jaya, Selangor (3°4′8.4″N 101°36′36.6″E)
• Medium of communication:
  • English language - for the general overall meetup
  • Malay language - for Malay Wikipedia section (subject to request)

→ To collaborate between Wikipedia Malaysia User Group and Sunway Group, a large corporation in Malaysia.
→ To create Wikipedia (and other Wikimedia projects)'s articles and edit/improve articles on the spot.

This meetup was initiated by Chongkian and the invitation was written and sent by NgYShung. For more information and updates, see the meetup page. If there is any enquires, feel free to discuss at the talk page. If you wish to opt-out of any future Malaysia meetup invitation, please add your name here. (Delivered: 11:46, 22 February 2017 (UTC))

Invitation to the Wikipedia Johor Meetup 2

The 5th Wikipedia Malaysia Meetup will be held for the second time in Johor. Since it is at holiday, check it out if you have time!

• Date: Saturday, 18 March 2017
• Time: 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. (Malaysia Standard Time, UTC+8:00)
• Venue: Al-Haji Grand Restaurant, Jalan Austin Heights 8/2, Taman Mount Austin, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia (1°33′43.2″N 103°46′34.6″E)
• Medium of communication:
  • English language - for the general overall meetup
  • Malay language - for Malay Wikipedia section (subject to request)

This meetup was initiated by Chongkian and the invitation was written and sent by NgYShung. For more information and updates, see the meetup page. If there is any enquirers, feel free to discuss at the talk page. If you wish to opt-out of any future Malaysia meetup invitation, please add your name here. (Delivered: 03:54, 17 March 2017 (UTC))

Invitation to the Wikipedia Kuala Lumpur Meetup 2

The 5th Wikipedia Malaysia Meetup will be held for the second time on Kuala Lumpur!

• Date: Saturday, 22 April 2017
• Time: 6:00 - 8:00pm (Malaysia Standard Time, UTC+8:00)
• Venue: FEEKA Coffee Roasters, Jalan Mesui, Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur (3.1487°N 101.7084°E / 3.1487; 101.7084)
• Medium of communication:
  • English language - for the general overall meetup
  • Malay language - for Malay Wikipedia section (subject to request)

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→ To talk about the past Wikimedia Conference 2017 in Germany, Creative Commons, Malay Wikipedia and the upcoming Wikipedia East, Southeast Asia & Pacific Conference 2018 in Indonesia.
→ Forming a Wikipedia Malaysia User Group, coordinating East Malaysia-related affairs and training newcomer Wikipedia editors.
→ And a lot more!

This meetup was initiated by Chongkian and the invitation was written and sent by QianCheng. For more information and updates, see the meetup page. If there is any enquires, feel free to discuss at the talk page. If you wish to opt-out of any future Malaysia meetup invitation, please remove your name here. (Delivered: 06:01, 14 April 2017 (UTC))

Nomination for merging of Template:Attempting wikibreak

Template:Attempting wikibreak has been nominated for merging with Template:Wikibreak. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:18, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

FAR for Leonhard Euler

I have nominated Leonhard Euler for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. (t · c) buidhe 04:04, 8 May 2021 (UTC)